Research Guides: Building Science: Articles

Selected Journals

The following selected journal titles are available either in full text online or print from ASU, Western Carolina or UNC-A ( the Western North Carolina Library Network). To locate complete journal holdings please check the Library Catalog. Journals held at Western Carolina University or University of North Carolina at Asheville can be obtained via ABC Express. Other journals can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.

Selected Building Science journals:

Builder (National Association of Home Builders) 1997-
Building and Environment 1996-
Building Design and Construction 1989-
Buildings (The Construction and Building Management Journal) 1996-
Case Studies in Construction Materials 2014-
Construction and Building Materials 1999-
Design Issues 1998-
Design News 1971-
Energy and Buildings 1995-
Energy Conversion and Management 1995-
International Journal of Project Management 1995-
I ssues in Science and Technology 1990-
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 1995-
Journal of Power Sources 1995-
Solar Energy 1995-
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 1995-
Solar Today 1994-
Technology Review: MIT's Magazine of Innovation 1998-

Finding Articles -- Library Databases

Library databases allow you to search for journal articles by keyword, author, title, subject and other search terms.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals over a wide array of academic disciplines.
Applied Science and Technology Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing to over 800 international English-language science and technology magazines and journals.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Index of articles on architecture and design from American and international journals along with publications of professional associations and major international serials on architecture and design.
BuildingGreen This link opens in a new window
Reliable content on sustainable design strategies, green building materials, and case studies of high performance buildings.
EconLit with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides full text to nearly 500 journals plus citations, with abstracts, to over 600 journals, books, and working papers in all fields of economics.
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text journal articles on agriculture, ecology, renewable energy, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, environmental technology, law, and policy, and more.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and general interest journals, as well as government documents and reports covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full text access to more than 1,200 journals from the Elsevier Science journal collection, and indexing for 1,300 more.

Scholarly Journals

What are "scholarly" or "peer-reviewed" articles?

Written by scholars or experts on the topic
Content has been critically evaluated by other experts
Contain citations (footnotes and/or bibliography) documenting sources

For more information, see the Popular and Scholarly Sources Library Research Tutorial.

Citing Your Sources

A citation is a record of where you encountered a certain idea. Citing your sources helps other scholars track down resources they find of interest. Proper citation helps us all build on our knowledge.

How to Cite Sources

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